We all have embarrassing secrets we'd rather keep hidden in the dark recesses of our memories, but when you're a state in a union obsessed with gossip it can be hard to hide your dirty laundry.
Facts like how backwards your state is about sex toys, how many people openly masturbate in public, and how homosexuality is seen as a detriment to your driving ability can make a state look mighty bad.
When these sad facts are exposed a state's cheeks are liable to turn beet red, and those embarrassed states might even try to slink away to become part of Canada, where only hosers are judged, eh.
Check out the rest of these sad but true state facts here (Please note that some of these facts are neither sad nor true)
The one on New Mexico is sad and true. Sam Steel was the name of the first prospective graduate of New Mexico State University, except that he was murdered before he could actually graduate. A street. among other things, is named after him. I like to say that he is a tribute to 'snatching defeat from the jaws of victory'.
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That one about Kentucky is true, except for the part about having a feast. That's an exaggeration. It was just a couple of good old boys who were trying to show off how smart they were by identifying the meat by its taste.
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